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Visual Illusions

Why do simple figures sometimes appear distorted or ambiguous? Perhaps because the visual system has to make sense of a world in which everyday objects are normally distorted by perspective

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 219 Issue 5This article was originally published with the title “Visual Illusions” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 219 No. 5 (), p. 66
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican1168-66